Thursday, June 8, 2017

WHERE:
Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial, Capitol Square - south of the Patrick Henry Building
(1111 E. Broad St.) near the Governor’s Mansion in the Darden Garden

BACKGROUND:
Richmond Police
personnel and members of other area law enforcement agencies will participate
in the Torch Run’s Capitol Leg at 10 a.m., Friday, June 10. This year, the
Capitol Leg of the Torch Run will leave from the newly dedicated Commonwealth
Public Safety Memorial located at the Darden Garden on Capitol Square. From
there, runners will begin a four mile course to the Richmond Police Memorial
Statue in Byrd Park.

Richmond Police also will participate
in the Torch Run’s Final Leg, starting 8 p.m., Friday, at the Tuckahoe Rescue
Squad and ending at the University of Richmond Robins Center for the start of
the Special Olympics games, which the Torch Run benefits.

“The Law Enforcement Torch Run is now
in its 32nd year,” said Captain Harvey Powers, the Department’s
Torch Run coordinator. “The torch symbolizes the courage, determination and
effort of Special Olympic athletes everywhere.”

This year’s course and destination
take the participants to Grace Street, past RPD headquarters and west on Main
Street. After circling Carytown, the run will conclude at the Richmond Memorial
Statue in Byrd Park.

This year, law
enforcement agencies in Virginia have raised 1.3 million dollars to fund the
important missions of Special Olympics.